"Out of 5.49 lakh farming families of Jammu division, 3.38 lakh farmers have applied for KCC through the revenue department," Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Hassan Mir said.
The forms have been sent to the concerned financial institutions for issuance of KCC, he said.
About 1.26 lakh KCC has already been issued and the distribution of remaining cards would be completed soon, the minister said.
Mir said that the Agriculture Department had launched a vigorous campaign to achieve cent-per-cent target for issuance of KCC.
The primary objective of KCC is to provide hassle free credit facilities to the farmers at their doorsteps for enhancing the quality agriculture produce, he said.
The present state government has taken this initiative on priority to provide the farmers easy access with their concerned banks to have easy credit facilities at the time peak farming season, Mir said.
About Rs 67.67 crore have been sanctioned by different banks to the farmers on KCC in Jammu division, out of which Rs 49.50 crore have been disbursed till date, he said.
